EVANSTON, Ill. - The Virginia Tech wrestling team split up this past weekend, sending wrestlers to the Wilkes Open in Pennsylvania on Saturday and 12 guys to the 51st Ken Kraft Midlands Championships in Evanston, Ill. At the prestigious Midlands, two Hokies placed while three placed at the Wilkes Open.

The Midlands is a two-day event featuring some of the best competition in the country. After one day, Tech had two wrestlers in the championship bracket and three more left in the consolations, but a rough first session on Monday left the Hokies with just two left trying to place.

“Our effort and toughness was unacceptable today,” said head coach Kevin Dresser. “We lost because we quit wrestling on too many occasions. 2014 will be coming in like a lion in the Virginia Tech wrestling room on Wednesday. I won’t go through another round like this ever again.”